City of Los Angeles Events in April, 2025

Dharma Art Productions Presents:
Chöd: Cutting Through with Isaiah Mitchell and friends – Live Music + Psychedelic Artwork + Guided Meditation
Enter the charnel ground and cut through the demons of ego-clinging with a live avant-garde electric guitar performance by 
Isaiah Mitchell
 
(Earthless), featuring original animated artwork by 
Arik Moonhawk Roper 
and guided meditation by 
Doc Kelley
 (Psychedelic Sangha). We will also be debuting some new visuals by artist 
Yosuh Jones
.
Chöd “to sever, to cut” is a Tibetan meditation practice, first developed by the eleventh-century yoginī Machig Labdrön, that aims to cut through the demons of hindrance and obscuration that block our realization of our true nature. The practitioner of Chöd seeks to utilize the power of fear to cut through ego-clinging. Machig Labdrön writes, “… [T]here is no greater devil than this present ego-clinging, and because of this all the devils will rear their ugly heads as long as one has not severed this clinging to ego.”
Join us for this immersive Dharma Art experience in the auditorium at PRS!
BIOS
Arik Moonhawk Roper
 
attended the School of Visual Arts in New York from 1991-1995 specializing in cartooning, illustration, and screen printing. He has since developed a devoted following creating seminal record covers and screenprint posters for a wide variety of bands including rock and metal legends such as Earth, Sunn O))), Sleep, Howlin' Rain, High on Fire, The Black Crowes, Kvelertak, Cathedral, Astra, Earthless, and Windhand among many others. His influences include diverse artists and styles ranging from comic and fantasy art to graphic design and classic illustration. Roper’s work encompasses a diverse field of design and distinct style, ranging from black and white illustration, to meticulous lettering and logo design, to rich abstract psychedelic color and landscapes that often seem to exist in their own universe. The imagery springs from the depths of a fertile imagination, invoking psychedelic visions, ancient dreams, and idyllic natural environments. With an interest in mythology, consciousness, psychology, religion and other timeless subjects, Roper mixes the light and the dark within his art to reveal imagery which is at once strangely unique, distantly familiar and always soaked with an earnestly fantastic aesthetic.
His book, Mushroom Magick (Abrams, 2009), is a vividly surreal collection of exotic fungal species from around the world. His art has also appeared in books such as De Gotham City a Metropolis by French Paper Art Club, Juxtapoz New Contemporaries, Revisionaries: A Decade of Art in Tokion, Appendix N: The Eldritch Root son Dungeons & Dragons, and Taschen's Plant Magick. His collected art book Vision of the Hawk: The Art of Arik Moonhawk Roper was published by Strange Attractor Press in 2023. 
www.arikroper.com
Isaiah Mitchell
 is a guitar player based in San Diego, California and has been playing professionally for 25 years. His band Earthless has toured the world many times over during this time. Isaiah has been involved in Buddhist and Hindu teachings since he was a teenager and has found that bringing the insights from these books into his guitar playing brings a state of awareness much like the meditative states one experiences in silent meditation. This is the focus point of what he does while playing. How close can we get into the present moment and touch the divine and express the feelings within outwardly with sonic sounds? Music is painting in the air, a journey to show us who we are and what we are capable of. And to help others on their journey. All is One and feeling this it it’s completeness is the goal.
Doc Kelley
 teaches Buddhism and Asian religion at Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts, The New School University in New York City. He is also the founder of Psychedelic Sangha; a non-sectarian and non-traditional spiritual community for Psychedelic Buddhists and Buddhistic Psychonauts. He earned an M.A. in Buddhist Studies and a Ph.D. in Religion at Columbia University where he studied under Dr. Robert A. F. Thurman. 
www.psychedelicsangha.org
Ticket Price: $20 in advance / $25 at the door (in-person event only).
Please email events@prs.org or phone 323-663-2167 with any questions.
ACCESSIBILITY
PRS wants all guests to be able to enjoy our events safely and comfortably. If you require any accessibility accommodation, please reach out to 
events@prs.org
 before showtime and we will be happy to assist you.
Please note this particular event is being held in a space that is not wheelchair accessible.
REFUND POLICIES
All sales are final.
 There are no refunds for PRS events, except in the event of a medical emergency, including but not limited to a positive COVID-19 test.
In the event that PRS is forced to cancel an event entirely, tickets will be refunded or vouchers offered for a rescheduled event
PARKING
Limited parking is available onsite at PRS in both the front lot (entry from Los Feliz Blvd. when heading east) and back lot (entry from first alley way, off Griffith Park Blvd. from intersection with Los Feliz Blvd.), as well as street parking on Griffith Park Blvd. and on Los Feliz Blvd (after 7pm). We encourage attendees to consider carpooling, walking or biking to events if possible, and to please be considerate of our Los Feliz neighbors when parking.
PRS EVENT POLICIES
We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone.
Events are subject to change without notice, including guest speakers and/or performers.
We encourage you to arrive at least 30 min. before the scheduled event start time to find parking, enjoy the Bookstore and take your seats.
Please turn off all mobile devices before the show. Talking and texting are not allowed during the events.
No filming, audio recording or mobile phone recording of events, screenings, concerts or other programs by audience members is allowed without permission.
There is no smoking permitted on PRS grounds.
We strongly encourage guests to wear masks to PRS events to prevent the spread of infectious diseases.
PRS allows Service Animals into the facility under ADA and state guidelines. For further details please visit www.ADA.gov. No animals permitted whose sole function is to provide comfort or emotional support, under ADA guidelines and CA Health Code.
Please do not bring outside food or drink into PRS events.
Weapons are strictly prohibited at PRS events.
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